The answers of over
4,000 children from 25 secondary schools in Keele, England
revealed that in a week 70 pupils in a school with 1,000
were bullied in some way or another. When all the children
in the study were asked about verbal bullying (name calling
or unpleasant teasing) their answers were also alarming
- 24 percent were bullied in this way 'often or very often',
and another 28 percent of pupils suffered teasing and name
calling 'sometimes'..........................................